Ignoring The Obvious

William Rasperry has a column in today’s WaPo about Vieth. He seems to take the position that when the majority of people vote for democrats in a state, the Republicans should not be allowed to gerrymander politically.

Mr. Rasperry uses several examples of partisan gerrymandering: Texas, Pennsylvania, and Florida. All of them have Republican majorities in the State Legislature and, at least Penn and Florida have a majority of voters who say they are Democrats. In Pennsylvania’s case, Mr. Rasperry ignores the fact that, though a majority of voters say they are Democrats, Pennsylvania has two Republican Senators and, until 2002, had a Republican governor.